filips123 PWAsForFirefox up to 2.11.x control sequence

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in filips123 PWAsForFirefox up to 2.11.x. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to control sequence. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-32986. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in filips123 PWAsForFirefox up to 2.11.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a control sequence vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-150. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PWAsForFirefox is a tool to install, manage and use Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in Mozilla Firefox. Due to improper sanitization of web app properties (such as name, description, shortcuts), web apps were able to inject additional lines into XDG Desktop Entries (on Linux) and `AppInfo.ini` (on PortableApps.com). This allowed malicious web apps to introduce keys like `Exec`, which could run arbitrary code when the affected web app was launched. This vulnerability affects all Linux and PortableApps.com users of all PWAsForFirefox versions up to (excluding) 2.12.0. Windows and macOS users are not affected. This vulnerability has been fixed in commit `9932d4b` which has been included in release in v2.12.0. The main fix is implemented in the native part, but the extension also contains additional fixes. All Linux and PortableApps.com users are advised to update to this version as soon as possible. It is also recommended for Windows and macOS users to update to this version, as it contains additional fixes related to properties sanitization. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-32986 since 04/22/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.12.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 9932d4b289631d447f88ace09a2fabafe4cd5bd5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• filips123

Name

• PWAsForFirefox

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/filips123/PWAsForFirefox/

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